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A13726 The historie of Italie a boke excedyng profitable to be redde: because it intreateth of the astate of many and diuers common weales, how thei haue ben, [and] now be gouerned. Thomas, William, Clerk of the Council to Edward VI. 1549 (1549) STC 24018; ESTC S118381 242,070 462

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▪_o 1171_o ▪_o emanuel_n ▪_o crueltee_n orio_n malipiero_n 1180_o arrigo_n dandolo_n ▪_o 1194_o pietro_n ziani_fw-la .1203_o james_n tiepolo_n .1225_o marino_n morosini_fw-la .1247_o crueltee_n ezelino_n di_fw-fr romano_n rinieri_n zeno_n 12●0_n lorenzo_n tiepolo_n .1267_o jacopo_n contarini_n ▪_o 1275._o giovanni_n dandolo_n .1281_o piet●●_n gradenigo_n .1290_o marino_n giorgio_n .1312_o john_n soranzo_n .1313_o france_n dandolo_n .1329_o bartholomeo_n gradenigo_n .1340_o andrea_n dandolo_n ▪_o 1343._o marino_n falerio_n .1354_o john_n gradenico_n .1355_o john_n delfino_n .1356_o lorenzo_n celso_n 13●0_n marco_n cornaro_n .1365_o andrea_n contarini_n ▪_o 1367._o michele_n morosini_fw-la .1383_o antonio_n ueniero_n ▪_o 138●_n michele_n steno_n .1400_o thomas_n mocenigo_n 1413._o france_n foscaro_n 14●4_n liberalitee_n pasquale_n malipiero_n 14●7_n christofero_n moro_n 14●2_n morea_n nicolo_n trono_fw-la .1471_o cyprus_n win_v nicolo_n marcello_n 147●_n pietro_n mocen●go_n .1474_o andrea_n vendramino_n .1476_o john_n mocenigo_n 1478._o marco_n barbarico_fw-la 1485._o agostino_n barbarico_fw-la 1486._o leonardo_n loredano_n 15●1_n douchemens_n hall_fw-mi in_o venice_n antonio_n g●imani_n andrea_n gritti_n petro_n lando_n francisco_n donato_n castell_n novo_fw-la temperature_n of_o naples_n pliny_n death_n hot_a baynes_z fire_n break_v out_o of_o the_o earth_n fertilitee_n of_o naples_n 829._o the_o first_o come_n of_o the_o sarasine_n into_o italy_n 845._o 864._o otho_n the_o first_o 964._o otho_n the_o two_o 100l_n tanered●_n the_o normain_n guglielmo_n ferrabach_n drogone_n hunfredo_n godfrey_n bagelardo_n robert_n guiscardo_n roberte_n create_v duke_n treasure_n find_v under_o ground_n 〈◊〉_d conquer_v by_o the_o normains_n bishop_n of_o rome_n besiege_v 108●_n roger._n 1094._o guglielmo_n .2_o roger_n .2_o the_o citi●_n of_o naples_n get_v by_o the_o normain_n roger_n entitle_v king_n of_o sicily_n ▪_o 11●9_n guglielmo_n iii._n william_n depose_v william_n restore_v guglielmo_n iiii_o 1191._o tancred●_n ▪_o 1191._o guglielmo_n .5_o 1195._o end_v of_o the_o house_n of_o normains_n henrico_n .6_o imperato●e_n 119●_n federike_n ▪_o 122●_n ▪_o the_o king_n of_o naples_n entitle_v king_n of_o jerusalem_n 1229._o carroccio_n ●eather_o ●oygned_v for_o money_n ▪_o 1250_o ▪_o conrade_n crueltee_n ▪_o corradino_n neri_fw-la heir_n unto_o conrade_n 1254_o ▪_o manfredo_n 1265._o end_v of_o the_o house_n of_o suevia_n in_o the_o dominion_n of_o naples_n carlo_n duca_n d'_fw-fr angio_n 1268._o corradino_n behead_v ▪_o crueltee_n rebellion_n in_o sicily_n slaughter_n of_o frenchman_n peter_n king_n of_o aragone_fw-mi charles_n son_n take_v prisoner_n crueltee_n 1274._o title_n of_o the_o kingdom_n of_o jerusalem_n 1276._o carlo_n 2._o prince_n edward_n of_o england_n federike_n king_n of_o sicily_n 1309._o robert_n 1342._o petrarcha_n bocchaciꝰ_n giovanna_n prima_fw-la queen_n johans_n husband_n strangle_v 135●_n ●itle_n of_o the_o second_o line_n of_o the_o house_n of_o angio._n 1●●1_n queen_n johan_n hang_v marie_n carlo_n .3_o murder_n 13●6_n ladislaus_n ▪_o 1370._o rome_n get_v .1408_o rome_n the_o secounde_n time_n get_v by_o ladislaus_n 1414._o giovanna_n ●_o 141●_n ▪_o alfonse_n adopt_a heir_n to_o queen_n johan._n discord_n 1424._o 1434._o end_v of_o the_o house_n of_o durazzo_n alfonse_n king_n alphonse_n take_v prisoner_n patriarch_n uitelesco_n rainoldes_n come_v to_o naples_n 145●_n ferdinando_n the_o turk_n in_o italy_n covetousness_n .1489_o 1494._o alfonse_n .2_o ferrandino_n morb●●_n gallicus_n 1496._o federike_n end_v of_o the_o house_n of_o aragone_fw-mi in_o naples_n lewis_n the_o .12_o of_o france_n 1501._o king_n ferdinando_n of_o spaigne_n charles_n the_o u_o emperor_n 1515._o 1528._o 1547._o the_o circuit_n of_o the_o citee_n bridge_n arno._n edifice_n wild_a beast_n hospital_n ▪_o the_o academy_n woman_n florence_n destroy_v and_o re-edify_v 1080._o division_n guelfi_n and_o ghibelline_n faction_n florentines_n common_a wealth_n constitute_v 1308._o ●326_n 1328._o nobilitee_n suppress_v 1357._o john_n sharp_a common_a people_n 138●_n 1390_o ▪_o 1400._o 1409._o 1414_o ▪_o 1428._o 1432._o 1464._o cosmo_n di_fw-fr medici_n practise_v of_o a_o prelate_n 1486._o laurence_n d'_fw-fr i_o medici_n ▪_o 1495._o 1495._o 1530._o 1532._o 1534._o cittadella_n duke_n cosmo_n ▪_o wonder_n ●58_n 19●9_n policy_n 1100_o ▪_o 1127._o 1146._o 1190._o richard_n king_n of_o england_n 1194._o 1201._o 1204._o 120●_n 1216._o 122●_n ▪_o 1222._o 1227._o 1238._o 1243._o 1251._o 1●57_n 1258._o 1261_o ▪_o 1266._o 1●70_n 1376._o 1282._o giudice_n 1284._o 1289._o 1290._o 12●●_n 1294._o 1295._o 1296._o 12●●_n ▪_o 1304._o 1306._o 1●12_n 1315._o 1318_o ▪_o 133●_n policy_n 1332._o 1335._o 1338._o 1339._o 1340._o 1344._o 1345._o 1346._o 1350._o 135●_n 1356._o 1363._o 1370.1372_o 1373._o 1378._o ingratitude_n of_o people_n 1381._o 1383._o 1389._o 1396._o 1397._o 1398._o 1399._o 1400._o 1401._o 1402._o 1403._o bouciquart_n 1409._o 1413._o 1415._o 1416._o 1421._o 1422._o 1437._o 1434._o 1436._o 1442._o 1443_o 1444_o ▪_o 1447._o 1454._o 1458._o 1459._o 1490._o 1462._o 1464._o 1466._o 1475._o 1476._o 1477._o 1478._o 14●●_n 1487._o 1488._o 149●_n 149●_n 149●_n 1501._o 1502._o 1506._o 1507._o 15●●_n 1512._o 1513._o 1514._o 1515._o 1516._o 1517._o poison_n that_o work_v not_o till_o a_o time_n 1519._o 1521._o 1522._o 1524._o 1525._o 1526._o 1527._o 1528._o 1536._o 1546_o andrea_n doria_n wife_n of_o milan_n milan_n s●●●ate_n castle_n of_o milan_n milan_n ●ame_n attila_n 1161._o giovanni_n torrigiani_n tyranny_n martino_n torrigiani_n philippo_n torrig_n napoleone_n uisconti_n ▪_o ottone_n ottone_v uisconti_n matteo_n magno_fw-la galeazo_n ●●ene_n lucchino_n giovanni_n bernabo_n galeazo_n giangaleazo_n 1402._o giovann●_n maria._n 1433._o philippo_n maria._n philippo_n maria_n descrive_v testament_n ●●oken_n francisco_n sforza_n mutio_n father_n to_o frances_n sforza_n galeazo_n ▪_o giovanni_n lodovico_n moro._n francisco_n 1063._o matilda_n sordello_n pinamonte_n passerino_n gonzaga_n luigi_n gonzaga_n guido_n luigi_n francisco_n 1407._o gianfrancesco_n 144●_n luigi_n federico_n francisco_n federico_n ●520_n 1539_o ▪_o francisco_n 700._o 1020_o ▪_o azo_n 1_o aldobrandino_n azo_n .2_o crueltee_n fresco._n crueltee_n obizone_n azo_n .3_o rinaldo_n obizone_n .2_o nicolo_n alberto_n ▪_o nicolo_n lionello_n borso_n nicolo_n ercole_n alfonso_n ercole_n ▪_o galasso_n di_fw-fr montefeltro_fw-la .1345_o conte_n guido_n .1428_o oddo_n .1440_o federico_n ▪_o 1444._o guido_n ubaldo_n 14●2_n ualentino_n borgia_n .1503_o francisco_n maria_n .1504_o 1514._o julianio_n di_fw-fr medici_n laurence_n di_fw-fr medici_n 1522._o guido_n ubaldo_n .2_o 1538._o 1547_o ▪_o
he_o come_v narses_n repent_v he_o and_o do_v what_o he_o can_v to_o have_v let●ed_v it_o but_o as_o he_o travail_v therein_o be_v come_v to_o rome_n with_o john_n the_o three_o bishop_n of_o the_o same_o have_v now_o delay_v the_o lumbardꝭ_n come_v a_o few_o year_n he_o die_v have_v his_o body_n carry_v to_o constantinople_n and_o there_o be_v honourable_o bury_v ¶_o this_o narses_n with_o bellisarius_fw-la before_o name_v be_v two_o of_o the_o noble_a captain_n that_o ever_o serve_v the_o roman_n emperor_n ¶_o incontinent_o after_o the_o death_n of_o narses_n the_o forename_a alboinus_n with_o a_o infinite_a number_a of_o man_n woman_n and_o child_n enter_v into_o italy_n and_o occupy_v all_o the_o country_n between_o the_o alps_n and_o the_o apennine_a hill_n name_v it_o after_o their_o name_n lombardy_n and_o not_o withstand_v that_o the_o emperor_n for_o the_o space_n of_o .180_o year_n make_v continual_a war_n against_o theym_n by_o their_o generalle_n who_o they_o call_v 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year_n till_o the_o lombard_n be_v weary_a of_o their_o governaunce_n return_v again_o to_o the_o election_n of_o a_o king_n ¶_o antharis_n surname_v flavius_n take_v to_o wife_n theodolinda_n the_o king_n daughter_n of_o bavarie_n a_o woman_n that_o by_o persuasion_n of_o gregory_n the_o first_o bishop_n of_o rome_n secret_o embrace_v the_o christian_a say_v and_o after_o convert_v her_o next_o housdande_n to_o the_o same_o ¶_o agilulphus_n duke_n of_o turine_n marry_v theodolinda_n after_o the_o death_n of_o her_o other_o husband_n and_o so_o be_v make_v king_n through_o his_o wife_n procurement_n he_o become_v a_o christian_n ¶_o adoaldus_n son_n of_o agilulphus_n be_v very_o young_a reign_v about_o ten_o year_n under_o the_o governaunce_n of_o his_o mother_n theodolinda_n and_o after_o her_o death_n be_v drive_v out_o of_o his_o realm_n ¶_o arioldus_fw-la of_o who_o i_o find_v nothing_o notable_a ¶_o rotharius_n a_o valiant_a warrior_n and_o so_o well_o learn_v withal_o that_o he_o prescribe_v law_n unto_o the_o lombard_n who_o from_o their_o come_n into_o italy_n till_o that_o time_n which_o be_v about_o .70_o year_n have_v no_o write_a law_n ¶_o rodoaldus_n son_n of_o rotharius_n be_v slay_v by_o one_o that_o find_v he_o in_o adoultrie_n with_o his_o wife_n ¶_o arithpertus_n through_o feign_a flight_n obtain_v a_o notable_a victory_n against_o the_o frencheman_n ¶_o gundibertus_n son_n unto_o arithpertus_n contend_v so_o long_o with_o his_o brother_n for_o the_o dominion_n that_o at_o last_o they_o be_v both_o chase_v away_o ¶_o grimoaldus_n take_v the_o astate_n from_o the_o child_n of_o arithpert_a and_o hold_v long_o war_n with_o the_o emperor_n constantine_n the_o thyrd_o and_o so_o overcome_v theodorus_n the_o ex●rke_n that_o the_o emperor_n in_o a_o great_a rage_n come_v himself_o with_o a_o mighty_a army_n into_o italy_n and_o after_o he_o have_v overranne_n the_o country_n of_o puglia_n and_o take_v the_o citee_n of_o luceria_n which_o he_o put_v to_o fire_n and_o sword_n at_o last_o he_o besiege_v benevento_n where_o happen_v one_o notable_a thing_n worthy_a the_o rehearsal_n ¶_o romoaldus_n son_n to_o the_o king_n grimoaldus_n be_v than_o within_o benevento_n and_o valiant_o defend_v the_o citee_n against_o the_o greek_n send_v word_n by_o a_o foster_n father_n of_o his_o name_n gensualdus_fw-la ●nto_fw-la his_o father_n that_o unless_o he_o will_v short_o send_v succour_n the_o citee_n must_v needs_o be_v take_v gensualde_a do_v his_o message_n and_o return_a with_o answer_n be_v take_v of_o the_o enemy_n and_o bring_v before_o the_o emperor_n where_o be_v straight_o examine_v he_o confess_v that_o grimoalde_v withal_o the_o power_n of_o lombardy_n be_v depart_v from_o pavia_n and_o come_v to_o reise_v the_o siege_n and_o that_o he_o himself_o be_v the_o messenger_n of_o his_o come_n wherefore_o the_o emperor_n hope_v incontinent_o to_o have_v the_o town_n and_o so_o to_o depart_v before_o the_o come_n of_o grimoalde_a partly_o 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against_o he_o and_o at_o length_n send_v xi_o of_o their_o chief_a citesin_n to_o require_v their_o libertee_n with_o the_o fortress_n that_o he_o hold_v as_o campidoglio_n castel_n sant_n '_o angelo_n and_o ponte_n molle_fw-la but_o all_o in_o vain_a for_o he_o kendle_v with_o ire_n thoroughe_o the_o message_n cause_v those_o xi_o citesin_n to_o be_v put_v to_o death_n and_o throw_v out_o at_o the_o wyndowe_n of_o his_o nephiewe_n house_n so_o that_o the_o roman_n assemble_v and_o not_o only_o cause_v the_o bishop_n to_o flee_v to_o viterbo_n but_o also_o sack_v and_o spoil_v the_o house_n and_o richesses_n of_o all_o his_o prelate_n and_n courtisanes_n and_o the_o capitol_n with_o ponte_n molle_fw-la and_o will_v have_v get_v castel_n sant_n '_o angelo_n have_v it_o not_o be_v impregnable_a ¶_o than_o call_v they_o ladislaus_n king_n of_o naples_n to_o aid_v they_o but_o paulo_n orsino_n with_o the_o bishop_n power_n discoumfit_v ladislaus_n and_o so_o constreign_v the_o roman_n 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to_o the_o citee_n to_o the_o intent_n to_o slay_v the_o governor_n and_o to_o make_v a_o commotion_n and_o though_o he_o mist_n of_o his_o purpose_n yet_o do_v the_o great_a bishop_n purpose_v prove_v at_o length_n for_o jano_n fregoso_n with_o a_o certain_a noumbre_fw-mi of_o man_n send_v from_o the_o bishops_n camp_n enter_v the_o citee_n without_o any_o resistance_n thoroughe_o the_o governor_n cowarde_o flight_n and_o be_v make_v duke_n force_v the_o castle_n so_o sore_o that_o the_o castellaine_n for_o .12000_o ducat_n yield_v it_o nevertheless_o the_o castle_n of_o the_o lantern_n hold_v still_a french_a and_o be_v besiege_v of_o the_o fregosi_fw-it but_o the_o adorni_n rescue_v it_o and_o by_o coumforte_n of_o the_o french_a king_n army_n by_o sea_n enter_v the_o citee_n 1513._o whereupon_o the_o fregosi_n flee_v so_o that_o the_o astate_n return_v french_a and_o antoniotto_n adorno_n
mean_n the_o matty_a be_v remedy_v and_o within_o short_a space_n after_o die_v guido_n and_o his_o son_n francisco_n both_o ¶_o and_o than_o come_v the_o astate_n clere_o to_o luigi_n luigi_n who_o build_v the_o palace_n wherein_o all_o his_o successor_n to_o this_o day_n have_v dwell_v he_o beget_v on_o his_o wife_n alda_n a_o son_n name_v francisco_n who_o he_o marry_v very_o young_a unto_o agnesa_n daughter_n of_o bernabo_n visconti_n and_o at_o last_o be_v know_v open_o to_o have_v commit_v avoutrie_n the_o people_n arise_v and_o cruel_o slay_v he_o ¶_o after_o who_o death_n the_o astate_n descend_v to_o his_o son_n francisco_n francisco_n than_o be_v of_o the_o age_n of_o xiiii_o year_n but_o grow_v afterwards_o to_o more_o time_n he_o so_o much_o love_v peace_n that_o he_o refuse_v to_o entre_fw-fr in_o confederation_n with_o giangaleazo_n duke_n of_o milan_n and_o upon_o displeasure_n therefore_o follow_v between_o they_o francisco_n cause_v the_o adder_n that_o for_o the_o 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bologniese_n and_o against_o giovanni_n bentivogli_n in_o the_o thick_a whereof_o he_o take_v jacopo_n carraro_n of_o padua_n prisoner_n and_o lead_v he_o to_o mantua_n geve_v he_o such_o curteyse_fw-mi libertee_fw-mi there_o that_o yield_a unkyndnesse_n for_o kyndnesse_n jacopo_n escape_v away_o whereof_o follow_v much_o a_o do_v afterwards_o for_o assoon_o as_o the_o duke_n of_o milan_n be_v dead_a the_o uenetians_n consider_v the_o provoke_v displeasure_n before_o rehearse_v elect_v the_o say_v francisco_n to_o be_v their_o general_n in_o thenterprise_n against_o the_o carrari_fw-la and_o be_v so_o well_o serve_v of_o he_o that_o after_o he_o have_v chase_v the_o carrari_fw-la out_o of_o padua_n and_o verona_n he_o reduce_v both_o those_o citee_n to_o the_o venetian_a obedience_n and_o so_o after_o a_o gloriouse_a life_n die_v 1407._o ¶_o leave_v after_o he_o his_o son_n gianfrancesco_n in_o the_o dominion_n of_o the_o age_n of_o .14_o year_n gianfrancesco_n who_o by_o his_o wife_n paola_n daughter_n of_o malatesta_n lord_n of_o rimini_n have_v .4_o son_n luigi_n carlo_n lucido_n and_o alexandro_n to_o the_o first_o whereof_o he_o obtain_v for_o wife_n barbera_n daughter_n of_o the_o marquis_n of_o brandenburg_n and_o kynneswoman_n unto_o the_o emperor_n edmonde_fw-fr who_o at_o his_o come_n into_o italy_n and_o pass_a through_o mantua_n be_v there_o honourable_o receive_v by_o gianfrancesco_n insomuche_o that_o before_o his_o departure_n he_o make_v he_o marquis_n and_o give_v he_o in_o his_o arm_n the_o ensign_n of_o the_o empire_n ¶_o after_o the_o atteigning_n of_o which_o honour_n he_o be_v three_o several_a time_n make_v general_a of_o the_o uenetians_n and_o in_o every_o enterprise_n gat_v the_o upper_a hand_n and_o at_o last_o forsake_v they_o he_o be_v wage_v against_o they_o by_o philippo_n duke_n of_o milan_n and_o in_o that_o service_n in_o company_n of_o niccolo_n piccinino_n be_v part_n of_o the_o occasion_n that_o the_o uenetians_n than_o lose_v the_o citee_n of_o verona_n with_o many_o other_o town_n of_o the_o bressane_n and_o uicentine_n &_o so_o he_o die_v 144●_n leave_v his_o dominion_n divide_v in_o four_o part_n unto_o his_o four_o son_n to_o luigi_n as_o elder_a the_o citee_n of_o mantua_n with_o those_o other_o town_n that_o he_o have_v about_o verona_n to_o carlo_n who_o be_v a_o exceed_a strong_a man_n luce●a_n with_o the_o rest_n of_o those_o land_n that_o he_o hold_v on_o the_o cremonese_n territory_n to_o lucido_n ill_a shape_a and_o weak_a of_o person_n capriana_n la_fw-fr volta_n and_o ciregiaia_n and_o final_o to_o alexandro_n who_o be_v crokebacked_a and_o become_v religiouse_a canneto_o with_o that_o land_n that_o he_o have_v on_o the_o bressane_n luigi_n ¶_o thus_o luigi_n the_o elder_a take_v the_o astate_n upon_o he_o and_o continue_v not_o long_o in_o the_o same_o unuexed_a of_o his_o brother_n carlo_n who_o mightiness_n and_o force_n of_o body_n be_v couple_v with_o such_o a_o haultenesse_n of_o mind_n that_o for_o desire_n of_o atteign_v his_o elder_a brother_n astate_n he_o can_v not_o be_v content_v to_o live_v in_o peace_n ¶_o and_o albeit_o that_o in_o the_o war_n between_o francisco_n sforza_n and_o the_o milanese_n he_o flee_v from_o one_o part_n to_o a_o other_o and_o back_o again_o yet_o by_o his_o brother_n mean_n he_o recover_v the_o favour_n of_o sforza_n at_o who_o hand_n he_o receive_v diverse_a benefit_n but_o luigi_n see_v now_o the_o ill_a disposition_n of_o his_o unquiete_a mind_n final_o take_v from_o he_o all_o the_o land_n that_o his_o father_n leave_v he_o so_o that_o carlo_n flee_v to_o the_o uenetians_n and_o become_v their_o captain_n so_o long_o till_o at_o length_n through_o their_o help_n he_o assemble_v a_o power_n of_o man_n go_v against_o his_o brother_n and_o foughte_v with_o he_o to_o the_o jeopardy_n of_o the_o loss_n of_o the_o mantuan_a astate_n but_o in_o conclusion_n the_o right_a of_o luigi_n prevail_v against_o the_o force_n of_o carlo_n who_o be_v discomfit_v and_o flee_v die_v afterwards_o very_o poor_o in_o exile_n ¶_o this_o enterprise_n be_v thus_o overcomen_v and_o the_o thing_n of_o the_o astate_n quiet_v luigi_n triumphant_o receive_v the_o emperor_n federico_n the_o three_o as_o he_o pass_v through_o mantua_n to_o rome_n and_o be_v than_o a_o wydower_n by_o the_o death_n of_o his_o first_o wife_n marry_v margarite_n daughter_n of_o the_o duke_n of_o baviera_n and_o cousin_n to_o the_o forename_a emperor_n ¶_o he_o be_v so_o great_a of_o body_n that_o he_o be_v common_o call_v the_o turk_n so_o well_o exercyse_v in_o arm_n and_o so_o belove_v special_o of_o the_o duke_n of_o milan_n that_o duke_n philippo_n call_v he_o son_n francisco_n call_v he_o brother_n and_o galeazo_n call_v he_o father_n ¶_o he_o be_v noble_a of_o courage_n fine_a of_o wit_n and_o somewhat_o learned_a which_o thing_n together_o with_o his_o liberal_a and_o courteise_v life_n make_v he_o belove_v of_o all_o man_n ¶_o final_o through_o some_o disorder_n in_o live_v as_o he_o that_o love_v to_o live_v in_o pleasure_n he_o die_v somewhat_o before_o the_o full_a course_n of_o his_o natural_a term_n leave_v by_o his_o first_o wife_n barbara_n u_o son_n federico_n francisco_n make_v cardinal_n luigi_n gianfrancesco_n and_o rodolfo_n all_o notable_a and_o virtuous_a person_n ¶_o federico_n as_o elder_a succeed_v in_o the_o astate_n federico_n and_o be_v afterwards_o general_a to_o the_o duke_n of_o milan_n and_o marry_v la_fw-fr margerita_n tedesca_n on_o who_o he_o beget_v a_o son_n name_v francisco_n and_o in_o the_o venetian_a war_n against_o the_o duke_n of_o ferrara_n have_v get_v asola_n which_o afterwards_o he_o be_v constreign_v by_o force_n to_o restore_v sicken_v for_o sorrow_n and_o die_v ¶_o by_o reason_n whereof_o his_o son_n francisco_n of_o the_o age_n of_o 18._o year_n enter_v into_o the_o astate_n francisco_n and_o at_o the_o age_n of_o .38_o be_v make_v general_a of_o the_o uenetians_n in_o who_o service_n he_o do_v wonder_n special_o against_o charles_n the_o eighte_o french_a king_n never_o unto_o the_o river_n of_o taro_n beside_o parma_n as_o the_o same_o king_n return_a from_o the_o conquest_n of_o the_o realm_n of_o naples_n lade_v with_o great_a richesse_n be_v go_v into_o france_n in_o which_o enterprise_n francisco_n so_o behave_v himself_o that_o he_o lead_v many_o noble_a man_n prisoner_n with_o he_o at_o his_o return_n insomuche_o that_o the_o french_a king_n make_v very_o great_a offer_n to_o have_v have_v his_o service_n but_o all_o in_o vain_a for_o continue_v his_o enemy_n he_o afterwards_o fight_v with_o the_o french_a man_n in_o puglia_n and_o so_o discomfit_v they_o that_o he_o restore_v the_o king_n ferrandino_n unto_o his_o astate_n and_o leave_v three_o son_n by_o his_o wife_n beatrice_n daughter_n of_o ercole_n duke_n of_o ferrara_n that_o be_v to_o weet_v federico_n that_o next_o succeed_v he_o ercole_n
ordain_v 21._o electour_n of_o the_o empire_n 50._o empire_n divide_v 15.46_o empire_n change_v 48._o end_v of_o the_o roman_a king_n 10._o end_v of_o the_o lombard_n reign_n 20._o end_v of_o the_o house_n of_o norman_n in_o sicily_n 121._o end_v of_o the_o house_n of_o ●ue●ia_n in_o the_o dominion_n of_o naples_n 125._o end_v of_o the_o house_n of_o durazza_n 132._o end_v of_o the_o house_n of_o arragon_n in_o naples_n 135._o emanuel_n emperor_n 96._o ea●as_fw-la 8._o aeneas_n siluius_n eod_a ercole_n 211.212_o ezelino_n di_fw-fr romano_n 98._o f._n fation_v of_o italy_n fol._n 1._o faunus_n 8._o federico_n 206.215_o federike_n .122_o king_n of_o sicily_n 127.135_o feed_v in_o italy_n 2._o ferdinando_n 133._o ferdinando_n king_n of_o spain_n 136._o ferrandino_n 135._o fertilitee_n of_o naples_n 11●_n fire_n break_v out_o of_o the_o earth_n 113._o florence_n destroy_v and_o re-edify_v 140._o florentines_n custom_n 1●8_n florentines_n common_a wealth_n constitute_v 141._o francisco_n maria._n 215._o francisco_n 204.206_o francisco_n donato_n 112._o francis_n petrarcha_n 60.127_o francis_n dandolo_n 101._o francis_n foscaro_n 106._o francis_n sforza_n 181.196.198_o fresco._n 209._o galba_n sergius_n 11._o galeasso_n di_fw-it montefeltro_fw-it 214._o galeazzo_n 181.191.193.197_o galerius_n 14._o galienus_n 13._o garmaldus_fw-la 19_o gasparo_n di_fw-fr uicomercato_n 181._o gate_n of_o rome_n 24._o gensericus_fw-la 16._o gensualdus_fw-la 19_o gentleman_n of_o italy_n 3._o gianfrancesco_n 205._o giangaleazo_n 193._o giovanni_n 89.91_o giovanni_n dandolo_n 99_o giovanna_n prima_fw-la 127._o giovanna_n two_o 130._o giovanni_n torrigiani_n 90._o giovanni_n 192.197_o giovanni_n maria._n 194._o giustiniano_n 90._o giudice_n di_fw-fr ginarcha_fw-la 169._o godfrey_n 117._o gonzaga_n 203._o gordianus_n 13._o goth_n 15._o graner_n and_o arsenales_n 36._o gratianus_n 14._o grimoaldus_n 19_o guelfes_n and_o ghibelines_n faction_n 141._o guglielmo_n ferrabach_n 116._o guglielmo_n 119.120.121.123_o guido_n 204._o guido_n conte_n di_fw-fr urbino_n 214._o guido_n ubaldo_n 215.216_o gundebalde_a 16._o gundibertus_n 19_o head_n of_o tiber_n 23._o helius_n pertinax_n 12._o henrico_n imperatore_fw-la 121._o hill_n in_o rome_n 25._o hill_n testacchio_n 35._o hippodromus_n 36._o history_n of_o naples_n 114._o honorius_n 14._o hospital_n in_o venice_n 82._o hospital_n in_o florence_n 138._o hot_a banns_n 113._o hugo_n conte_n d'_fw-fr arli_n 48._o hune_n fol._n 15._o hunfredo_n 117._o husbandman_n of_o italy_n fol._n 5._o i._o iacopo_n contarini_n 99_o james_n tiopolo_fw-la 97._o jano_n king_n of_o cyprus_n 177._o jano_n fregoso_n 184._o janus_n 8._o image_n put_v out_o of_o church_n 44.46_o ingratitude_n of_o people_n 175._o john_n acton_n 62._o john_n soranzo_n 100_o john_n gradenico_n 103._o john_n delfino_n eodem_fw-la john_n mocenigo_n 109._o john_n sharp_a 149.210_o jovinianus_n 14._o italian_n custom_n and_o nature_n folio_n 3._o jubilee_n 58.60_o julius_n cesar_n first_o emperor_n 10._o juliano_n di_fw-fr medici_n 215._o julius_n phillippus_n 13._o julianus_n apostata_fw-la 14._o junipertus_n 20._o k._n kynde_n of_o marble_n foe_fw-mi 37_o king_n of_o naples_n entitle_v king_n of_o jerusalem_n 122._o king_n alfonse_n take_v prisoner_n 132._o l._n law_n of_o venice_n 81.88_o ladislaus_n 130._o laurence_n di_fw-fr medici_n 155_o 215._o latinus_n 8._o latinus_n siluius_n 8._o laimpertus_fw-la 20._o lewis_n the_o .12_o king_n of_o france_n 135._o leather_n coin_v for_o money_n 110._o leonardo_n loredano_n 110._o libertee_n of_o stranger_n in_o venice_n 85._o liberalitee_n 107._o lionello_n 210._o lodovico_n moro._n 198._o lorenzo_n tiepolo_n 99_o lorenzo_n ce●so_n 103._o lucchino_n 192._o lucius_n tarqvinius_n 10._o luigi_n gonzaga_n 103._o luigi_n 204.205_o luitprandus_n 20._o lombard_n fol._n 15._o m._n manfredo_n 56.124_o ▪_o macrinus_n 12_o ▪_o marcello_n 88_o ▪_o marino_n morosini_fw-la 97._o marino_n giorgio_n 100_o marino_n falerio_n 102._o 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orso_n baduaro_n 92._o orso_n orseolo_n 93._o orio_n malipiero_n 96._o original_a of_o mantua_n 201._o original_a and_o success_n of_o the_o citee_n of_o ferrara_n 208._o otho_n the_o first_o 115._o otho_n the_o ii_o eodem_fw-la otho_fw-la lucius_n 11._o ottone_v orseolo_n 93._o ottone_n 190._o ottone_v uisconti_n eodem_fw-la p._n paolo_n lucio_n 87._o passerino_n 202._o pasquale_n malipiero_n 108._o patriarch_n uitellesco_n 132._o partharus_n 20._o peter_n king_n of_o arragon_n 126._o peter_n fregoso_n 180._o philippo_n torrig_n 190._o philippo_n maria_n .194_o descrive_v 195._o pietro_n gradenico_n 91.99_o pietro_n candiano_n 92._o pietro_n tribuno_fw-la eodem_fw-la pietro_n baduaro_n 92._o pietro_n orseolo_n eodem_fw-la 93._o pietro_n barbolano_n 93._o pietro_n ●olano_fw-la 95._o pietro_n ziani_fw-la 97._o pietro_n mocenigo_n 109._o pietro_n lando_n 112._o pietro_n aluigi_n 213._o picus_n 8._o pinamonte_n 202._o plague_n of_o pestilence_n 60._o pleasure_n of_o italy_n folio_fw-la 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rodoaldus_n 19_o roger_n .119_o entitle_v king_n of_o sicily_n 120._o rome_n destroy_v four_o time_n 17._o rome_n get_v 130._o romoaldus_n 19_o romulus_n 9_o romulus_n first_o king_n of_o roman_n 9_o rotharius_n 18._o s._n saint_n peter_n church_n 40._o sai_v of_o fuluius_n eod_a sarasines_n come_v into_o italy_n first_o 11●_n saturnus_n 8._o sebastian_n ziani_fw-la 95._o sepulchrum_n bac●hi_fw-la 36._o servius_n tullius_n 10._o severus_n 12._o sicily_n conquer_v by_o the_o normaines_n 118._o siluius_n posthumius_fw-la 8._o site_n of_o italy_n fol_z 1._o site_n of_o venice_n 73._o sordello_n 2●2_n sophia_n 17._o supremitee_n of_o the_o church_n 44._o shift_v and_o poison_v of_o roman_a bishop_n 50._o slaughter_n of_o frenchman_n 125_o state_n of_o italy_n 6._o state_n of_o genoa_n 160._o t._n tacitus_n 13._o tancredi_n the_o normain_a 116._o tancredi_n 123._o tarquinus_n priscus_n 10._o teia_n 17._o temperature_n of_o italy_n fol._n 1._o temperature_n of_o naples_n 113._o temple_n in_o rome_n 31._o testament_n break_v 195._o theatre_n 30._o thermes_n in_o rome_n 28._o theodolinda_n 18._o theodoricus_n 16._o theodorius_n 14.16_o thomas_n beckette_n 55._o thomas_n mocenico_n 106._o title_n of_o the_o kingdom_n of_o jerusalem_n 126._o title_n of_o the_o second_o line_n of_o the_o house_n of_o angio._n 128._o titus_n 11._o tullus_n ●ostelius_fw-la 10._o turk_n conquer_v in_o italy_n 1●4_n trade_n and_o custom_n of_o genoa_n 161._o tra●anus_n 11._o treasure_n find_v under_o the_o ground_n 118._o tribuno_fw-la memmo_n 9●_n tyberinus_fw-la 9_o tiberius_n 11._o tyranny_n 190._o u._n villa_n 43._o ualentino_n borgia_n 215_o ualentinianus_fw-la 14._o ualens_n 14._o ualerianus_n 13._o uandale_n fol._n 15._o uarius_fw-la heliogabalus_n 12._o venetian_a astate_n 73._o uespasianus_n 11._o uiage_n into_o the_o holy_a land_n 53._o uitale_fw-la candiano_n 93._o uitale_fw-la falero_n 94._o uitale_fw-la michaele_n eodem_fw-la 95._o uirius_fw-la gallus_n 13._o uisconti_n 190._o uitellius_n 11._o wall_n of_o rome_n 23._o war_n of_o venice_n 81._o wild_a beast_n in_o florence_n 138_o wife_n of_o florence_n 139._o wife_n of_o milan_n 188._o woman_n of_o italy_n fol._n 6._o wonder_n 163._o ¶_o thus_o end_v the_o table_n of_o this_o present_a book_n set_v out_o by_o letter_n the_o circuit_n of_o italy_n the_o fation_n of_o italy_n temperature_n of_o italy_n